The music man

Robert Preston as Professor Harold Hill "I always think there's a band, kid." Director Morton Da Costa's 1962 screen version of Meredith Willson's stunningly successful Broadway play The Music Man is one of the screen's most joyful musicals. Preserved for audiences is Robert Preston's Tony winning role of "Professor" Harold Hill. It's a colourful, brash homage to small towns, quirky characters and the love of music. It's a fun, touching and inspiring movie. I know that my many viewings as a…

LOVE the 'new' (2003) Music Man starring Matthew Broedrick!

It’s weird watching older movies that show things like giant fax machines, doctors smoking cigarettes while talking to patients, and teary, romantic airport goodbyes right there at the gate to get on the plane. They feel like time capsules. Today,…

Sutton Foster & Hugh Jackman : Till There Was You . Meredith Willson's The Music Man, which stars Hugh Jackman as Professor Harold Hill and Sutton Foster as ...

Marian Paroo (Shirley Jones), Zaneeta Shinn (Susan Luckey), and Tommy Djilas (Timmy Everett) in the 1962 original movie "The Music Man"

[ CLICK ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGE ] Anthony Crane as Harold Hill and Sara Jean Ford as Marian Paroo with cast. Photo by Bruce Bennett, courtesy of Theatre Under The Stars. Like the seasons of the …